Prof Jason Leitch says an education recovery group will make the recommendation to the government.

A damning report says errors could be repeated after 134,000 people were underpaid their state pension.

The front pages report reaction to claims of blackmail at Westminster and plans to help energy customers.

The pensioner's family have been informed after a body was discovered in the Union Canal near Linlithgow.

Mass transit schemes in big cities and bridges or tunnels to replace some island ferry links are among the recommendations.

Nicholas Rossi is facing extradition over a charge of rape in Utah in the United States.

The MoD hopes to help the animals flourish on land it uses for infantry training in the south of Scotland.

Cyclist Sam Hulls ended up battered and sore after hitting a pothole and wants action on deteriorating roads.

A senior officer says she believes the reporting of the incidents was fuelled by media attention.

A court hears William Rackstraw kneeled on the woman's stomach weeks before she was due to give birth.

Calum Knox assaulted two women in their 80s while working at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.

The 31-year-old beat the girl and violently shook a baby boy in attacks at houses in Fife.

The Scottish government comment comes amid council climate target plans to remove fireplaces in Braemar.

The victim was found dead from a brain haemorrhage two days after being attacked in Bishopbriggs.

A daily update on the number and location of coronavirus cases in Scotland.

New residents will no longer have to isolate if they have a negative PCR test and no Covid symptoms.

The scheme, which applies to nightclubs and large events, came into effect last year.

With changes to Covid rules, there's been some confusion over the differences on each side the border.

The last of the restrictions which were introduced following the emergence of the Omicron variant are to be lifted.

Experts and politicians say Scotland needs to learn to live with Covid for the "foreseeable future".

BBC Scotland answers your questions about the latest Covid restrictions.

Scotland's one million confirmed cases is a big underestimate of the actual number of infections.

As pupils return to class, we look at the picture across Scotland on how the pandemic is being felt.

Medical teams around the world are learning which medicines work best against Covid.

Woodland on the Beinn Eighe reserve will be left to grow and expand without human interference.

A selection of your pictures from across the country capturing the first full moon of 2022.

Chris Ferguson says he was left suicidal after his career in the armed forced ended in 1982.

Legislation is being introduced that requires all homes to have interlinked smoke alarms fitted.

Pamela Pennycook was 11 when she contracted hepatitis C but wasn't diagnosed for 25 years.

The Scottish singer has been working on a musical theatre adaptation of the film Saving Grace.

Hundreds of Scots with learning disabilities have to live far away from their families, a charity says.

Pamela Pennycook was 11 when she contracted hepatitis C but wasn't diagnosed for 25 years.

The Suddenly I See singer has been collaborating on a project involving Craig Ferguson.

Panorama investigates the roads that kill a jumbo jet's worth of people every three months.

Coastguards around the UK have been marking 200 years of saving lives along the coast and at sea.

CBS reporter says the story of the US man's capture in a Glasgow hospital is "an unbelievable story".

Hibernian say they faced a "difficult decision" before selling winger Martin Boyle to Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly for around £3m.

Top-flight Hibernian require a Kevin Nisbet extra-time winner to edge out League 1 Cove Rangers from the Scottish Cup on a nervy night at Easter Road.

Benfica want on-loan Jota to reject his £6m transfer to Celtic as Hibernian target former Hearts wide man Demetri Mitchell.

Britain's former world number one Andy Murray produces a subdued display as he loses to Japan's Taro Daniel in the Australian Open second round.